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Celebrating RISE PA Round 1 Awards
June 15, 2026
Since April 1 when the first round of awards was announced for the RISE PA grant program’s Small-scale Award Track, our team members have enjoyed site visits to many of the awardees. Along with Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection Secretary Jessica Shirley, we’ve had the opportunity to meet company and team leaders and tour the spaces where RISE PA grant dollars will make an impact.
At each visit, we’ve learned how decarbonization projects at small manufacturing facilities will have both environmental and economic benefits for local communities.
“In addition to reducing greenhouse gas emissions, RISE PA projects are enabling manufacturers to improve energy efficiency and lower costs,” said RISE PA Grant Program Manager Olivia Yost. “It’s exciting to hear how awardees plan to re-invest those savings in other priority projects and expansions to staffing and production.”
Round 4 of the RISE PA Small-scale Award Track is open for applications through August 17, with additional rounds to follow. Connect with our team to learn more about RISE PA eligibility and the application process by completing this short form.
Value Added Processing, Inc., Allegheny County: Replacing an outdated overhead crane system that uses energy-intensive direct current (DC) motors with high-efficiency alternating current (AC) induction motors, enabling regenerative braking and energy recycling.
Serta Simmons Bedding, Luzerne County: Replacing 15 patented, custom-made (legacy) pocket spring production machines and 3 assembly machines with 6 new higher-capacity pocket coiling machines and 2 assembly machines equipped with dust collectors.
Northern Pelagic Group, LLC,, Luzerne County: Installing a ballast-mounted solar system on the facility’s roof to offset 7 percent of the facility’s annual electricity use.
Monarch Products Co., Inc., York County: Installing a roof-mounted solar system to offset 99.9 percent of the facility’s annual electricity use.
Mars (Mars Wrigley Confectionery US, LLC.), Lancaster County: Constructing a new cooling tunnel that will use chilled water directly from the site’s existing high-efficiency centrifugal chiller. This delivers cooling to the product without intermediate refrigerant and replaces 100 percent of the original hazard with non-hazard.
Industrial Scientific, Allegheny County: Installing new air quality sensors and a controller to standardize HVAC operations in their equipment testing laboratories.
Hearth & Home Technologies, LLC, Dauphin County: Installing a roof-mounted solar system to offset 19.8 percent of the facility’s annual electricity use.
GE Vernova (GE Energy Power Conversion USA Inc.), Allegheny County: Replacing outdated 17 existing HVAC units with 17 high-efficiency units.
Engle Printing & Publishing Co. Inc., Lancaster County: Installing a ballast-mounted solar system on the facility roof to offset 19.9 percent of the facility’s annual electricity use.
Alpine Packaging, Inc., Allegheny County: Installing an LED lighting project to replace remaining non-LED fixtures within their facility.
Enersys Advanced Systems Inc., Montgomery County: Increase energy efficiency and decarbonization through: upgrading their Building Automation System to improve capabilities to remotely control HVAC and lighting; replacing three rooftop units with new heat pump rooftop units; upgrading fluorescent lighting with LED bulbs; and replacing a single speed air compressor with a new variable speed model.
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